Gordon Ramsay’s chocolates
I adore Gordon Ramsay; the man can almost do no wrong in my eyes. I say “almost” because his own brand of chocolates are some of the most vile I have ever tasted. I am a complete (if restrained) chocoholic, but I’d rather be chocolate-less than have the ones sold in shops under his name.
Ramsay has now said he is unconcerned about their quality, because they are not expensive anyway. He thinks they are £3.99 a box, but they are actually £5.99. That’s a weird way of looking at it, especially since one can get an excellent box of Green & Black’s chocolates (I keep the mint chocolate variety on hand, and have one or two squares every day) for much less than that.
Still, this is unlikely to stop me hankering for a table at 68 Royal Hospital Road. As soon as I can invent an occasion special enough, I will try for a booking and, once I have one, only the tasting menu will do. I’ll be sure to check that the chocolates are hideously expensive, so I know that some care will have gone into their creation.